Bangkok, 26 June 2025 – Pursuant to the Royal Decree on Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Technological Crime (No. 2) B.E. 2568 (2025), effective since 13 April 2025, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) is authorized to restrict access to unauthorized digital asset trading platforms. On 29 May 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) submitted information on such unauthorized platforms, namely (1) Bybit.com, (2) 1000x.live, (3) CoinEx, (4) OKX, and (5) XT.COM to the MDES*. The MDES will proceed to restrict access to these platforms on 28 June 2025, in order to protect investors and prevent unlicensed digital asset trading platforms from being exploited as channels for money laundering by wrongdoers, in line with the legislative intent.